Lauren Booth – This Man Was The Answer To My Prayer

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A woman in need of help left a hooded man on the street, who she eventually helped pick up and threw his bags in the street. The woman eventually left the street and went to a bus stop, but the man kept on walking away. The woman eventually found the man on the bus and eventually told him that one of the Prophet's purposes was to perfect good, and he was given good guidance by the man.

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			That here is exactly where it hit me,
		
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			on an average high street in London.
		
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			I was struggling with my shopping.
		
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			I put the bags down in Camden Town,
		
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			defeated.
		
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			I asked Allah for someone to help me
		
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			as I can't do this alone.
		
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			Before I could even pick the bags up,
		
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			a hooded voice next to me said, Salam
		
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			Zanti, can I help you inshallah?
		
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			And he picked up my heavy bags of
		
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			groceries and basically walked off in front of
		
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			me.
		
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			Bilal told me he was on his lunch
		
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			break and as I was lost, he would
		
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			walk me all the way to the bus
		
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			stop.
		
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			He was so shy, he hardly looked at
		
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			me.
		
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			But at the same time, he was so
		
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			polite.
		
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			He was just on a mission to do
		
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			a good deed.
		
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			I'll wait for the bus to make sure
		
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			you're okay, he said.
		
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			As if I wasn't in a high street
		
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			in daylight.
		
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			As if I was a woman in need
		
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			of some kindness during her day.
		
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			When the bus came and I went to
		
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			take my bags from him on the steps,
		
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			he shook his head, holding up the bus
		
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			from leaving, in order to put the bags
		
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			in the correct spot.
		
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			Then he told me the deep reason for
		
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			him giving both his time and such a
		
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			level of care, excellent in nature.
		
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			It was for the sake of Allah auntie,
		
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			no need to thank me.
		
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			I watched him walk away and I had
		
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			tears in my eyes.
		
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			This small dua, answered on a cold London
		
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			street, instantly made me grateful on two levels.
		
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			You and I are in permanent need of
		
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			his help.
		
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			And I was grateful too that my hijab,
		
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			once again, performed one of its silent duties.
		
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			It's a sign to Muslims and non-Muslims
		
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			that a believer is wearing it.
		
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			There was a good chance I wouldn't turn
		
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			around and say, how dare you?
		
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			I'm as strong as any man.
		
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			Who do you think you are?
		
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			Instead, he saw a believing woman in need,
		
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			providing him a blessing dropped into his hands
		
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			in his lunch hour.
		
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			And me, I saw a dua instantly answered
		
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			by a person trying to do good.
		
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			If then I'll miss my lunch break, I'll
		
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			tell, wait for the bus.
		
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			I'll help her load on the bus.
		
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			I won't ask anything because it's all for
		
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			Allah.
		
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			And these are the choices that we have
		
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			when we go out every day.
		
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			The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him, mentioned that one of the main purposes
		
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			of his mission for humanity was to perfect
		
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			good character.
		
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			Allah bless you, bless us all and give
		
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			us good guidance, inshallah.